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VOL. XhV NO. 1210.
OMAHA. FRIDAY MOUJCIXO, FHimrAUY IS, 1916-TWEIATi PACJKK. V.-TV.V "V SINOLE COPY TWO CEXTa
MEXICANS KILL
76 AMERICANS
IN THREE YEARS
Laming Furnishes Senate Informa
tion Concerning Affair in
the Revolution-Torn
Sepnblic.
COMPARATIVE FIGURES GIVEN
Forty-Six Citiieni of United States
Slain in Period Pre
viously. SOME HELD CONFIDENTIAL
WASHINGTON. Feb. 17. All of
the State department's data on the
Mexican situation, asked for by Sen
ator Fall, was transmitted to the
senate today by President Wilson.
On motion of Chairman Stone of the
foreign relations committee it was
ordered printed as a public docu
ment. It had been expected that
some of it would be held confiden
tial. In a letter from Secretary Lansing,
accompanying the report, .it is said
that seventy -six American citizens
were killed In Mexico in the years
1913, 1914 and 1916. as against
forty-seven In the three years pre
ceding it. and that twenty-six civilian
Americans and sixteen soldiers were
killed on American soil in the same
three years as a result of Mexican
troubles.
In describing the Carranza gov
ernment, Secretary Lansing wrote in
the report:
"It cannot he said that the defacto
overnroem oi Mexico is a coiikiiuuuiwi
government. The defacto government.
Ilk the majority of revolutionary gov
ernment, la or a military cnaracter. dui
that aovernment baa committeed itseu
to tha holding or elections ana u ia con
fidently expected that the present gov
ernment will wiinin a reaaonaoia time o
merged in or succeeded by a government
organized under the laws of Mexico.
Why Effort. Katlrd.
Referring to the efforts of the recent
Pan-American conference to get Mexican
factions together. Secretary Lansing
wrote:
"The attempt to bring the factiona to
gether for a conference failed. On the
oee hand there seemed Jo be no central
organisation among the Villlata. forcea.
while on the other band, submission to
the central. authority wai evidenced in
the replies ot the CarrunsloUs. The unity
and loyalty of the Carransistas appeared
to indicate the ultimate triumph of that
faction.".
der along the Mexican border was grad
ually being reatored. . The-report slated
that it would be incompatible with the
public Interest to disclose correspondence
between the United States and the Bra
slllan minister at Mexico City, who acted
for the United States, and also the cor
respondence with representatives of this
government In Mexico.
Republicans have been delaying con
firmation of Heiuy P. Fletcher's nomi
nation as ambaaaador to Mexico until the
data waa at hand on the ground that It
wouia anow mere ia no resDonsiDie aov
ernment in .Mexico.
Americans killed in Mtexlco from
auaes : mat can oe auntmtea to tna
revolutionary aisiurDances . aurtng i!U3.
1314 and 1915 were placed at eighteen;
those who have disappeared In Mexico
and who were probably 'killed from
causes that can be attributed directly to
the revolutionary disturbances, six;
those killed, apparently through motives
of robbery by bandits or others, (not In
cluding those killed by Indians), ten;
those killed by Indians, apparently
through motives of robbery or revenge,
twelve; those killed from fhiscellaneous
cauaes and causes not definitely stated,
thirty.
The report further says regarding
these death:
In this connection It may be stated
that when the murder ot American citl
sens waa reported, ' the Department ot
State made representations through Its
representatives for the apprehension and
punishment of the assailant and in
some Instances the department's repre
sentatives made auch representation to
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The Weather
Forecast till 7 n. m. Friday:
For Omaha. Council Bluffs and Vicinity
Fair; somewhat cooler.
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191. 1S!5. 1914. 1913
Misnest yeaterday 47 61 4 fJ
ifil yesterday 4 3 3
Mean temperature H 41 II il
i'reclpitatlon 00 .13 .10 .00
Temperature and precipitation depar
turea from the normal:
Normal temperature 24
Kxress tor tna aay H
Total deficiency since aMrch 1 Ssl
Normal precipitation 01 Inch
letlciency for the day 0! inch
ti.i lainfnil nnn Murch 1..8.M Inches
Iiefli-iency since March 1 .-, .77 Inch
1 "ellciency for cor. period, 1I4.' 1.61 inches
Deficiency lor cor. period, IMS. 17 Inches
Reports from Btatloaa at T P. M. '
Station and State Temp. High- RaJn-
of Weather. 7 p. in. est
Cheyenne, pt. cloudy to 44
1 'avenport. cloudy 40 44 .(0
li-iiver, cloudy 44 4 .00
Mulnes, clear 40 44 .10
1 il(( I'ity. clear 64 m .u)
Noith finite, clear 44 ii .)
Omaha. tear. ..V. 4J 47 .
Iiapul Oily, clear 44 i.' .irj
Hiieiidan, pt. cloudy M ,tt
jhu t'lty. Cur M a .(
Valentine, clt-ar 4-' J ' .06
1.. A. WEUH, Luteal Forecaster.
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SWEDEN ASKS AID
OF WASHINGTON IN
NEUTRALS' FIGHT
Stockholm Sends Another Note Seek
in; Co-operation of V. S. with
Noncombatanti Against
British Aggression.
LANSING WILL NOT ACT YET
Says He Won't Answer Communica
tion Till Lnsitftnia Case is
Settled.
COMPLAINT OF MAIL HELD UP
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. An
other note from Sweden has been ad
dressed to the State department,
through Minister Ekengrln, appeal
ing to the United States for co-operation
with the Swedish govern
ment and other neutral nations to
maintain the preservation ot rules of
International law concerning the
protection of neutral commerce and
navigation. Action Is proposed par
ticularly against Great Britain be
cause of the detention of mail by
that country and other aggressions
against trade regarded by Sweden as
unwarranted.
Secretary Lansing informed the
minister, it wss learned today,, that
he could not answer the note until
the controversy with Germany over
the Lusitania csbo was settled .
This latest communit atlon, addressed to
Secretary Lansing and signed by Mr.
Ekengren, was presented recently after
such a proposal had ben advanced anJ
discussed from time to time, but until
today the fact did not become known.
Text of Note.
Following is the text of the note:
I have .been Instructed by his excellency,
the minister for foreign affairs at Block
holm to address the following to your
excellency:
"The royal government lias, during the
present wsr, from time to maintain and
preserve certain Important rules of inter
national war, which concern protection
of neutral commerce and navigation, ant
which are being violated by Great Bri
tain. .
"The violation of , existing rules or
International law has, regardless of pro
tests, increased until at preaent only a
few rules, serving as protection to neu
tral commercial Intercourse, are observed
by Great Brits In and It Is feared that
also these remaining few will be violated.
- His majesty's government 4 which ia
deeply conscious of Its responsibility, to
not omit any measure- tending tf prevent
auqhv an. eveutuallty end wl -aware ,jf
the danger lor the future ir these ruies,
wbloh are cf Infinite worth to civilisation
as a whole, are not preserved, des'res. to
herewith make jl renewed presentation
to your excellency, in this respect
Have. Violated Mall -Traffic.
'Of late the Brltinh authorities have
violated the mall ' txnfftc. Parcel post
from one neutral country to snother Is
being unloaded In British ports and the
contents are being seised. While parcel
Is not protected through The Hague
postal convention, it, nevertheless, seems
to his majesty's government that the
British procedure, in the form and ex
tensiveness practiced, would be Invalid
even with regsrd to ordinary express
goods, snd that' this seems particularly
evident when the seisure of parcel post
Is directed against j. means of convey
ance . under guarantee of sovereign
powers. Besides, grunt personal Incon
venience Is connected with seisure of this
kind.
"However, England's present practice
of cenaor.lng also fiiat-class mall,' sent
by neutral vessels from one neutral coun
try to another, is an even greater viola
tion of the rights accorded neutral powers
by the rules of international law. -It is
necessary to particularly point out how
contrary this practice. Is to the stipula
tions in the above mentioned Hague con
vention, which stipulations or rules must
be considered to have been in existence
even before the promulgation of this con
vention.
appeal for Co-operation,
"The roysl government, therefore, sp
peals to the government of the United
States for co-operatlou. for the purpose
of seeking to bring about a discontinue
tlon of the violations of international law.
at leaat so far as the same concerns first
class mall, and It solicits as early an
snswer as possible whether your excel
lency Is willing to take appropriate action
In co-operation with the royal govern
ment and eventually the governments of
other neutral countries for the purpose
of causing that the nne which the ques
tion Involves and which is one of tb
fundamental stipulations of International
law be observed."
Greece Transfers
Cash from London .
to New York Banks
NEW YORK, Feb. IT The government
of Greece bas been transferring millions
of dollars of Its funds from London to
Tork within a few months, according to
New Tork bankers, who estimate that
175.008,000 of Greek funds are now on de
posit in a large number of banks here.
This action Is regarded by bankers as
a precautionary move In case of a break
In the relations of the Greek govern
ment with the entente allies.
Asks Bryan to Meet
"Met" at St. Louis
8T. IXri8, Feb. 17. William Jennings
Bryan today was lrivrted by telegraph to
debate with Richard U Mate If a of
Omaha on the subject of "Preparedness"
at the national conference of niayora to
be held here March and 4.
The telegram was sent by Albert Bond
Imbert. chairman of the program com
mittee. Mr. Uetcalfe already lias con
st nted to speak before the conference.
FIRST PHOTO OF THE KAISER'S VISIT TO BULGARIA
visit to Bulgaria. He is seen at the left, speaking with one of
Mackensen, the conqueror of Serbian territory.
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ONE KILLED WHEN
, CAR STRIKES AUTO
Jamei Murray Killed Instantly
. When Auto Truck is Struck on
Council Bluffs Bridge.
TBUCK KNOCKED OFF BRIDGE
James Murray, aged 35 years, wag
instantly killed yesterday morning,
when a three-ton truck, which he
Vas driving east on the Douglas
street bridge, was struck by a west
bound street car, hurled through the
bridge railing to. Seventh street,
forty feet below.
Murray was going to Council
Pluffs with a load of goods, and had
just left the Claar Transfer com
pany, 918 Douglas street, where he
it ", employed." "The street ," car was
coming from ' tjounicll fela't fs,?, and
r hen. considerable. dUUce. from thY
point' of collision, a switch engine
passed, beneath the bridge throwing
a volume of black smoke over the
structure, so that Murray or Motor
man C. O. Crana could not see
clearly.
Driver Tarns Into Tracks.
Just at thla Instant tbe truck driver
swerved in his course to turn out for a
cinder wagon that was approaching.
There was a mighty crash, and the
street car struck the truck full force,
hurling It about forty , feet through the
railing to the switching yards below.
When the wreckage waa reached by of
ficers and a throng of people. Murray
was found dead, with his head all but
torn from his body.
The street car and its trailer, carrying
100 paasengera, was probably prevented
from toppling Into the street below, from
the fact that Murray In turalng to the
right had put his vehicle In between ids
car snd bridge railing, which wss to.n
out for some fifteen feet. The street car
waa badly caved in and Motorman C.
O. Crane, 1401 Avenue C, and Robert
Hyland. 8M2 Grand avenue. Council
Bluffa. were cut and bruised. Several pas
sengers sustained slight cuts and bruises.
Conductor D. 11. Cool. ?114 Avenue 'B,
and Conductor Chester Manners of the
trailer succeeded In averting a stampede
for the eiits .after the smash. . D. 1
Etanton, 3700 Avenue C, Council Bluffs,
and Henry Horn, 12il . Cnpltol avenue,
were amang the passengers, the former
being br u Iked quite severely.
Car Liar Ulwkefl.
All cars on the Omaha-Council Bluffs
line were tied up for some time, unit!
the damaged street car could be hauled
to tbe barn and a broken trolley re
paired. Murray waa not married and for two
months had lived at 307 Houth Twelfth
street, coming here from the state o(
Washington. He had also lived at the
Nebraska rooming house, and Is sail to
have two sisters living at Greeley, Neb.
Nothing waa found In his eft ecu to
further identify him, and Coroner Crosby
has taken the body and will hold an in
quest. Eighth Attack of -Italians
is Repulsed,
Says Vienna Report
VIENNA, Feb. 17.-(Vla London.)-Ai
Austrian official stattment Issued unde
date of February is announcea that th
eighth attack by Italian outposts" on 'the
Austro-IIungarlan positions on Jarereck
was repulsed. The statement adds that
tha ground In front of the new Austria
positions In the Rombnn district Is coy
ered with Italian dead.'
FIRST LAW SCHOOL
STARTED IN WYOMING
CABPER. Wyo., Feb. !. ( Special.)
Wyoming's first law school is to be estab
lished here as the reault of a special
AMetlng of the Natrona County Bar as
sociation, at which tha attorneys s greed
to co-operate In instructing students of
law three nights of each week. The
school will open with eighteen students.
The course will bo thoroiinh and a
graduate will be competent to pass the
law elimination of any of tha states.
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PIONEER OF OMAHA.
WAR VETERAN, DIES
Charles . Bunnester Passes Away
After Living More Than Half
Century in City.
OF FIRST NEBRASKA REGIMENT
Charles E. Bunnester, a resident
of Omaha for over half a century
and a member of the First Nebraska
regiment throughout the civil war,
died yesterday afternoon In a pri
vate sanitarium at tha age of 71
years. The funeral will probably be
held Sunday,',
Mr. Burmester was born at Ham
burg, Germany, June 29, 1844, came
to America In 18S7, at the age of
13 years, and had made Omaha his
borne almost ever since then. - He
had . vainj. friends and a '.wide ac
quaintance here,- having beeii Jfctive
In tha aarly 'llsforr, of the- com
munity f and . during the - gradual
growth of Omaha Into a great city.
When the early call' for Union volun
teera was made in 1961, he enllated In
Qeneral Thayer's regiment, the First Ne
braska, snd served valiantly ' In many
engagements during the war.
At Its close, In 1865.' he returned to
Omaha end entered business with the
firm of Milton Rogers Sons. Later
he waa associated with Her ft Oo., and
after that became secretary and treas
urer of the Omaha Barbed Wire com
pany.
Farmer Postal Official.
For many years he was superintendent
of the money order division of the
Omaha poet office. In which position he
was an efficient and sstlafactory execu
tive until he suffered a severe stroke of
apoplexy about five years, ago, from
which he never recovered.
During his long residence In the city,
he was a prominent figure in the af
fairs of the Pouglas County .association
of Nebrsska Pioneers, and also of the
Grand Army of the Republic. In the
former organization, he was the sixty
fourth member in a total enrollment of
over l.ooo.
In the Grand Army,' ha was at one
time commander of IT,, g. Grant -post
No. 110, ct Omaha,' and also served as
adjutant general to Commander-in-Chief
Clarkson. , '' '
Me la survived by his wife and two
-lhlldren, Oiarlea K. nurmester,- Jr., and
Ws. If. W. Neal of Chicago, and also
a brother,. Ad-jlf Burmester of Benson.
Spectacular Fire
In Railroad Yards
Due to Tank Leak
Gasoline which bad leaked from a tank
car on the Illinois Central and Union Pa
cific transfer tracks a. Eleventh and Chi
cago at i eels late yes'erlay caught fire
from coals dropped by an engine and
flames flashed up Her a wide area. Sev
eral box cars were biasing when firemen
reached the scene.
Tha greater, part of 'the flre-flghting
force of the city was called to the scene.
It was estimated damage would amount
to only a few hundred dollars.
Despite the danger of explosion of the
gaaoline tank, a large crowd of spectators
crowded cloae to the flames and firemen
worked at cloae quarters.
An engine pulled the burning cars out
of the danger sone.
Spurgeon Sues the
Knights of Luther
DK8 MOINB9. Feb. 17.-P.ev. Otis L.
Hpurgeon of Pes Mo'r.es, former sovereign
scribe of the Knights of I.uther, who
waa kldnapod from hia hotel and nar
rowly escaped with his Ufa after deliver
ing an entl-Cathollc lecture In Denver in
1914, today filed a 110.000 libel suit aga nst
the Knights of Luther and F. M. Bhlpper.
their manager.
The suit charges that the organisation
sent cut a false letter to Its members
about Spurgeon. The former sovereign
scrllio was oustod from the anti-Catholic
organisation In 1914 after ha refused, to
withdraw as a candidate for United
Plates senator.
The first photograph of the German kaiser on his recent
his general staff. At the right is Czar Ferdinand and von
HOWARD FOR SECOND
PLACE UPON TICKET
Bryan Men Busily Engaged Getting
List of Candidates Out
Into Open.
ANXIOUS OVER SENATORSHIP
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
' LINCOLN, Feb. 17. (Special Tel
egram.) Several. petitions were re
ceived In Lincoln today to place the
name of Edgar Howard of Colum
bus In the race for the democratic
nomination for lieutenant governor.
It is well known that, the Bryans
bare been wanting- to get a man
they could depend upon to make the
raca with, tit Lincoln mayor, and
the filing ot tba name 'of the Colum
bus editor will fix things to suit the
Bryan progtum. 'I ' V ' ; , '
' Already petitions are out for at( of the
four places for deiegates-at-large on the
dsmooratlo tiuket, and also, for the two
delegate from, each oongreaslonat dis
trict. The same information which spliled
the Howard news gives It out that tha
four chosen ones for delegste-et-large are
W. J. Bryan, W. If. Thompson, J. J.
Thomas of Reward and U J. Plattl ot
Omaha.
. The same persons circulating the dnle-gate-at-large
petitions are carrying an
other for Mayor James Dshlinan , ei
Omaha for national committeeman, and
In the First district the circulator ad li
to hia list a petition for F. D. Kager ot
Lincoln and J.' F. Langhorst of Elm woo
for congressional delegates.
In the Third district the circulator of
the petitions carries them for Dr. Frank
Morrow of Columbus and W, li. Qienn
of Crelghton.
In tha Fourth district delegates aie C.
E. Bowlby of Friend and C. M. Bklles
of David City.
In the Fifth district tha chosen ones
are Peter rlhea of Orlcana and Frank
Swanson of Clay Center, in the Sixth F.
J. Taylor of At. Paul and Frank Brown
ef Keareey. ,
The same Information gives it out that
retitlins are already in circulation for
I. J. Dunn of Omaha for the democratic
nomination for the - United fttate senate.
It is said' thkt -while there Is still hope
Governor Morehead may see the light and
get into the race, in order to be sure
there will 'te sn opponent to' Benator
Hitchcock, tiie petitions for Dunn will be
circulated so that in case tha governor
does not enter, the name of Dunn may
le filed before It Is too late to get in.
Petitions are still being circulated for
Governor Morehead to get Into the sen
atorial fight and the opponents of Hitch
cock believing him to be the one strong
man who can riot only defeat the present
senator, but can be elected, are preparing
to bring inllunr.ee upon the governor
whlcu he car.not afford to refuse.
It ia understood that there will be suf
ficient candidates filed so that they can
be switched around to meet the emer
gencies which may arise when the time
comes so that, there will be a tlrket
loalei onto the democratic water wagon
which will carry the program to a suc
cessful cud.
Dr. P. I- I .'all will be a candidate for
office, but not for governor, having fileJ
today for rei.ominatlon for regent of the
state university.
Benator Hitchcock set all doubts at
rest as to whether he wanted tlis sen
atorial Job again snd sent In his lling to
the sec-rotary of state.
William Grueber of Hebron, would like
to be a state senator ant file on the
democratic tltket from the Fifteenth.
Adams Democrats
Far from Partial
If AHTINU8, Neb.. Feb. lT.-8peclal
Telegram.) It has been decided to hold
the Adams county democratic dollar din
ner March 14. Km-8enator O. W. Tib
beta will preside as toastmaater. Those
who have been invited to apeak are W.
J. Bryan, Mayor Bryan, Benator Hitch
cock, Oovernor Morehead, Mayor Jim
Dahlman of Omaha. It. L. eMtoalfe of
Omaha, W. II. Thompson of Orand Isl
and. Btate Treasurer Hall, fecrelarr of
State Pool, Auditor Binith. Attorney Gen
eral Reed and M. L. Corey of Clay
Center. .
HUNDRED THOUSAND
TURKSJJAPTURED
Eight Hundred Cannon and Two
Hundred Guns Fall Into Run
Hands at Erzerum.
VICTORY CAUSES . REJOICING
PETROGRAD, Feb. 17. (Via
London.) The Official Messenger
en t1 mates tht. Turkish garrison at
Erceruni, capture of which was an
nounced yesterday, as 100,000 men.
It Is also estimated that more
than 1,000 guns were captured. It
is said there were 467 guns In tha
outer forts, 374 in the central forts
and 200 field guns at Erterum.
Publlo rejoicing over the capture of
Erserum is reflected In the newspaper
comment en the fall of the fortress. The
Novoe Vremya considers the capture to
have enormous Importance, as it points
out that Krserum la a center of road and
railway rentes and has Immense depots
for ammunition and supplies.
The Kutoft says that the taking of
Erserum ' mens ces all Asia Minor and
even Constantinople.
. The Bourse Oasette believes that tha
capture will have an effect upon Athens
snd Bucharest, as welt as upon Persia
and Afghanistan.
Victors- t'aases RelolelaaT.
FATUS. Feb. 17. The capture of the
great Turkish stronghold of Erserum by
the Russians Undeclared by the French
newspspers this morning as the best Item
Of news for the allies In many months.
The military experts dwell upon tho Im
portance of th.e capture, declaring that
It gives the Russians the key to Asia
(Continued on Page Two, Column Two.)
Says Unification
Would Double the
Power of Churches
CHICAGO, 111., Feb. It Unification of
churches would double their strength
and In no way Interfere with their work,
asserted Rev. Thomas Nicholson of Mew
York, secretary ef the board of educa
tion of the Methodist Episcopal church,
In an address todsy before the Metho
dist conference at Bvanston. III., on
church unity. Mr. Nicholson strongly
urged the union of tha Methodist Kpl
copal chun h and the Methodist Episco
pal church ' south.' 1
Henry M. Snyder, president of Wolf
son college, ripartanaburg, B, C, outlined
tho connection of mgroes with the
Methodlat church.
"According to the rules cf the Metho
dist Kplscopal churrh a negro Is eligible
to all offices. Including that of bishop,"
he said. "That la one thing to say and
another to do, however. No negro evrr
has held an offke In a white congrega
tion." Hoke Smith Wants
Army of Quarter
Of a Million Men
WASHINGTON, Feb. It A plan for
a regular army of MO.OuO enlisted men. to
tie trained equally for war and peace,
was Introduced today by 8enator Hok
Kmlth. Two years with the colors and
four years In tha reserve are proposed,
which, according to Senator Smith,
would provide a reserve army of 600,000
men after it had been In operation five
years.
Training during the two years with
the eolors would Include ninety-six
hours a month scholastic or vocational
training. Postmasters would act as re
cruiting offlr-ers snd reservists would
report to them once a year.
: l
Austrian Notice is .
Received by U. S.
WASHINGTON, Feb. I7.-The Austrian
notice of Intention to treat armed belli
gerent merchant ships as subjects to
attack without warning, was received to
day by tha Htale depart men t from Am
base ad or penfirld in Vienna. It la dated
February, 10, and ia in line with the
German declaration on tbe same subject
already published.
LANSING ACCEPTS
LUSITANIA NOTE
VITIIAPROVISO
Germany ii Asked for Assurance
that It Will Not Sink Linen
that Carry Defensive-
Armament. '
STANDS BY LAW OF THE SEA
Kaiser's Position Well Founded, but
U. S. Insists Rules Cannot Bo
Changed Now.
SETTLEMENT IS PROBABLE SOON
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17, Secre
tary Lansing said late today that the
United S'ates wouldr accept nothing
short of a full and complete agree
ment, in. the submarine controversy
with Germany covering the pointa
for which it has contended as to tha
past and assurances for the future.
Secretary Lansing said the United
States considered the announcement
ot the new submarine campaign in
consistent with assurances previ
ously given and that tha United
States considered a merchant ship
with defensive armament and one
without guns all In tbe same class.
Assurances were wanted, he said, to
extend Immunity from "linera" to all
merchant ships.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17, Secre
tary Ianslng today accepted tha
Lusitania agreement as satisfactory
to the United Statea insofar aa It
relates to that rase, but asked Count
Von Bernstorff, the German amas
anuur, ror assurances that Germany
will not carry out Us policy of sink
ing merchant ships without warning
to liners, even If tbey carry defen
sive armament.
Tha question of what constitutes
defensive armament is to be deter
mined later in a way not yet agreed
upon. It Is suggested that tha
United States may propose that guna
mounted oc the stern of ehlpa and
capable of being swung from fif
teen to thirty degrees In either di
rection might come withta that
class.
It was stated authoritatively that Ger
many, because ot its- unusual position,
cannot and will, not accept the suggestion
ot the United States ss it now star.de
that liners carrying arras shall be immune
from attack under previous assurances.
Caaaot rhaagro Ir Nw. .
Secretary Lansing is understood to have
told the ambassador that while Qtrmui'i
position Is recognised ss well founded the
I nlted States must Insist that Oennsnv
couform all its practices to International
law. Inasmuch as the entente allies have
declined to make any changes.
The Lulstanta acreement will H fc.n
by Becretary Umslng and later will
published with the assuranoes which the
united Slates hopes to receive from Ger
many covering the points brought up by
tho new submarine campaign.
Meanwhile It waa aald the United
would make efforts to have the entente
allies agree not to out a-uns of in, kind
on passenger carrying liners.
Ambaaaador Von Bernstorff when ha
returned to his embassy sent a long dis
patch to his government setting forth
fully the position of the United Statea
as the secretary had outlined It to him
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Trial of Lorimer
On Bank Charges
Starts at Chicago
'CHICAGO. Feb. IT. William Lorimw.
former United States senator, attended
today the opening session of his trial on
wrecking the La Salle Street Trust and
Savings bank, of which he was president.
Judge Dever of the criminal court.
presiding, granted preliminary motions
of tha defense that the major charge et
conaplracy to defraud be consolidated
with the minor charges ot receiving de
posits when the bank was known to be
insolvent and of confidence game result
ing from misrepresentation of the bank's
assets.
The court granted motions of the prose
cution for a srparae trial for John K.
Sous-raves, director of the bank, and the
dismissal of Indictments against Charles
Fox, caahler of tha institution, and John
B. De Voney, president of the Interna
tional Trust and Savings bank, a sub
sidiary. The Day's War Netsa
WITH Til Fi CAPTDHH mt K..
hr the Kamelaaui Interest la war
operations baa shifted Its crater
moBteatarlly to tha fields ( war.
far ia Armeala, Persia aaa sir so,
potamla. Dispatches frosa Peira
srrau aay tha affelal M esse age e
tlmates the Tarkl.h sjarrlao. at
1 (Ml, (0l Mra, a. ha mmmh9r a(
araaa rap tare at snore tha a l.ooo.
T1IU rtHHKVr Tarkl.h official
statement grave record of tha
raptare of tho fortress. Tho oaly
meatloa of tho oaeratloaa la thla
war sua la tho aerlarattoa that
the. Raaalaaa la tho flaThtlagr of the
three day reeedlar lost 8,000
dead Sid slaty prtsoaera.
MILITARY OBSERVERS la allied
capitals eaaeet tha Raaalaa aao
ceaa to facilitate tha easttis of
Troblsoad, sa tha Black Sea coast,
aad tho rellrj of tho British la
Blesoaotaaala.
riUIITINU 0 the westera treat
has lessened la lateaslty, prub
ably area as of the prcraillaai bad
weather, aad alatllar cuudltiwae
prevail ia Haaala.